Even more schools still accepting apps if she goes on the common app transfer app❤️
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Is there even a bus that goes…not campus provided but city? How would students get to campus?
Doesn’t sound like a good deal - but what other option is there? A deferral? Community college?
Wow, I hope she finds happiness.
I wonder if all kids threaten to leave if they take another action - whatever that might be that’s closer.
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S23 I think is back on track a bit. He has been presented with options and he knows he has to bust his butt to get to where he wants to be. He isn’t happy with a plan b so he has no other choice. Hoping in fall he brings the gpa up (he had a decent first semester and a dismal second semester).
Meanwhile we are regularly reviewing D25s college list. We are off to the east coast in August to do a few tours.
Her current list…
Ranking?
Lindenwood
U of Louisiana-Lafayette
Stockton
U of Southern Mississippi
Maryville University
Iowa State
Rider
Wayne State U
Mercyhurst
Central Michigan University
Western Carolina
Adelphi
Wayne State College
Kansas State U
(Do we keep these on the list?)
Saint Joseph’s University
Southeast Missouri State
U of Nebraska-Omaha
Shenandoah
Creighton
LeMoyne
U of Missouri-Kansas City
Minnesota-Mankato
University of North Texas
U of North Carolina-Greensboro
Kent State University
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UNC Greensboro is on cutback mode.
Good luck on the tours!
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I’ve loved following your kids’ admission journeys. Their lists start out so wide ranging; I learn about schools I hadn’t heard about previously. 
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Thanks. My kids don’t realize how blessed they are to have me. 
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I emailed the housing director and (mainly because she registered for a freshman series of classes where they all live in the same dorm) she will get to live on campus! What a relief! Now, hoping that because she was supposed to be class of 23 and repeated Junior year to go to boarding school, and just turned 20, she doesn’t feel way too old to be living in a freshman dorm 
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S24 has 2 teammates coming in as 20yo. I think one of them is about to be 21.
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I wouldn’t worry too much about her being the elder stateswoman of the dorm, the difference between being 18, 19 and 20 just isn’t very much. 
Especially post pandemic.
LACs are wonderful in terms of students from different years mixing around campus. I don’t know what groups/clubs she is looking at joining, but both D20 and D23 found themselves making friends across all years through sports, music and other ECs.
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Another who thinks the age won’t be an issue at all. Most of the incoming first year men’s varsity hockey players will be 3 years out of HS, just to cite another example.
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But 21 makes a big difference, if you are going to be the person designated to buy alcohol. S18 was one of the youngest in his year and it was a major pain in junior (and the first part of his senior) year when everyone else went out to the bar.
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It definitely depends on whether the school has a ‘bar culture’.
D20’s school had a bar on campus where everyone could go but only 21 year olds could drink alcohol. It was also pretty rural and I know there were some “kegs in field” parties. There was a local brewery fairly close by, but again anyone could go, you just couldn’t drink unless you were over 21.
D23’s campus doesn’t really have a ‘bar culture’. Not trying to imply drinking isn’t happening (it totally is!) but it is happening at parties (Greek and otherwise) on campus, in dorm rooms, etc. You’d have to travel fairly far to get to a bar…seems like they all would rather just drink white claws 
on campus.
I now kinda wonder about the proximity to bars/clubs near St. Olaf…
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Yeah she’s not going to be the designated beer buyer. One thing she hated was the drinking culture of all of the newly free 18 year olds at her old school. So, hopefully that’s not going to continue to be a problem.
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Why are freshman hockey players 3 years out of high school?
Hockey players often play ‘Juniors’ after high school. That way they are older and more fully grown when the get to college and have more experience. There aren’t many hockey scholarships to go around.
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I was a year older than my classmates in college because I grew up in Canada and we had a 13th grade at the time. Canadian kids (at least then) were just “older” anyway.
It was the best thing for me, I studied more than I would have a year before, and I had the maturity to really appreciate my friendships and make good decisions. Occasionally, I may have thought that these American kids were ridiculous children, but I was old enough to know not to say that out loud
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My niece went to Creighton and had a good experience. I’d at least look at it.
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Long heart to heart with S23. Hoping it turns around his attitude. He has been beyond rude and making poor decisions. Been divorced from his dad his whole schooling career and he was stuck in the middle with an evil stepmom (now EX step as she is no longer in his life, dad finally divorced her) and he had to be interviewed by the courts when his dad tried to get emergency full custody of the kids (dad lost placement time as a result). I’ve been trying really hard for years but he was the golden child in his dad’s eyes. He started getting tossed aside when his adhd hit its max with teen hormones and I think my son didn’t know how to deal with it all. Really sucks when your adult son is parroting all the bad traits of their parent who you divorced long ago!
Anyways, funny how different this time of the summer is. Son not quite sure when he is moving in. I have barely thought about what his dorm will look like. Last year he had a split double with a partial wall between him and his random roommate. This year he is going to an open double room with a living area section with a friend he met freshman year. I really respect his new roommate and think he will be a great influence on studying habits (roomie is pre med).
He ended up semi dating this girl from here at home who goes to an instate private college. They haven’t defined anything but he isn’t sure what to do as he really likes her. He may try to make it “official” and trial long distance. Oh young love. She is a college athlete and really nice.
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It does feel very different this year! We haven’t really thought about packing or move-in too much. D just confirmed with her roommates who is moving in when, as returning students have a couple of days available for move-in, apparently. My D23 still has stuff scattered everywhere as she never really fully unpacked for the summer but just pulled out things as she needed them and then piled them up in her room. 
She has now finished working for the summer and has a week and a half to get her stuff organized again for move-in.
I can’t believe how quickly the summer has passed! My D had two major changes in her social circle this summer - her BFF has been away studying abroad in London and her hs BF broke up with her in the spring - so she ended up finding a bit of a new group this summer. Mostly people that she already knew from hs but for various reasons didn’t hang out with as much during that time. It was nice to see her find this group and they’ve spent a lot of time together doing fun things. I’m glad she had this chance to re-connect with them.
One thing that we did this summer that I think we’ll do again next summer is that we hosted a pretty informal gathering early in June for her friends. My D billed it as a “half birthday” party since she was away at school for her birthday but really it was just an excuse to invite all of her hs friends over to the house. She goes to school six hours away so really no college friends nearby. Reconnecting with hs friends that way ended up working really well for her and it was fun for us, too, to visit with her friends and hear about their school years.
So, now we are in the final countdown for bringing her back to school. I definitely feel less anxious than I did this time last year and I’m glad to see that as much as she enjoyed this summer that she is eager to return to school too.
Good luck to everyone that is gearing up for move-in again as well as to those helping their kid with different plans!
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DItto! 
Here’s to a great sophomore year for our kiddos! 
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